What do you NOT plug into the power conditioner...

I wish I could handle not plugging things into protection, but how do you stomach having such expensive equipment without surge protection? I have a whole house surge protector but don't believe it will be sufficient for delicate electronics, especially expensive ones. I see a wide range of voltage including dips and spikes, not to even mention the lightning storms. Do you worry about it or just assume its going to be fine?

I'm out of outlets on the Nordost Thor so the power supplies for the table and the phono preamp lose out. The Thor is fine with power amps although I never tried the W4S amp into the wall.

Second Palsar, everything!!!

Vineman, I think you have to let your ears be your guide. My preamp & power amp have inductive power supplies and I've not found power conditioners to do anything positive at all. In fact, they sound worse plugged into a conditioner. My digital gear and phono preamp do sound better plugged into the conditioner however.

Tgrisham, I curious why you think that the whole house surge protector isn't up to the job of protecting audio electronics? The manufacturer of our whole house surge protecter seems to indicate otherwise. After having our garage door electronics and door bell circuits/transformers fried after a lightning storm, I had whole house surge protection installed. Here in central Florida, it's just a matter of time before you get a major surge even if you have underground utilites!

Photon,

I think its just paranoia. I have read that the whole house protection keeps your house from burning down but doesn't always protect the delicate electronics. There's only one way to find out! In Missouri we have had a whole season of electrical storms but I have had no direct hits, just blackouts, brownouts and spikes. The Leviton whole house surge protectors (one for each main circuit box) don't give a protection guarantee but the individual units do. Gimmick? Probably. Just makes me wonder. I would love to have all the electronics powered directly from the dedicated lines. Maybe I'll have to man up and go direct. I don't think the Class D amps I have will notice the difference. The Modwright pre-amp might.